The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20
more direct route to passengers for
points North and Northwest.


points North and Northwest.
When asked whether shops would
be built at Camden, Col. Johnson re.
piled that he could not give away the
plans now, but that be would say
that all promises made would be car
ried out to the letter. The following
is q copy Of the telegram upon which
Camden bases her hopes for the
shops. It was received last year
few days before the election alluded
to:
'BosToN, MASS, March 22.-To
Col. Thomas f. Mattson, Chief En-
gineer C. c., and c. R. R, Camden,
S. c.: You can state for the compa'
ny that if vote is carried we shall
make Camden n a junction and put our
shops there. Strong efforts to induce
US to go direct from Lancaster line
TO Sumter. Guarantees offered.
Our charter permits US to go any.
where. "R. A. JOHNSON"
The owner Of the track-laying ma
chine is daily expected to put it in
working order for Taylor and El-
more, who have not the time to fix it
up so that it will work. There is no
doubt about its having worked sue.
cessfully.
ANNUAL MEETING OF sToCKHoLD.
ERs AT CHARLESTON.
Ns,os and Courier, 18th.
A meeting of the shareholders Of
the Three C's Railroad was held at
noon yesterday at the Charleston
Hotel. Col. Frank Coke. of Phila-
delphia, presided, and Mr.. R. A.
johnson, Of Boston, general mana,
ger of the Massachusetts and South
ern Construction Company, was re-
quested to act as secretary in the ab-
sence of: Mr.. H. K. Baker. The
shares represented either in person
or by proxy numbered l3,O35, the
number of shares of record being 2l,-
414.
The object Of the meeting was to
hold the annual election Of directors
and president according to the by.
law which prescribes that such meet.
ings shall be held annually on the
second Thursday in October.
The number Of directors being
fixed at thirteen for the ensuing year.
an election for the same was helo
and the following gentlemen were
chosen: Frank Coke, Philadelphia,
Pa; Richard Dozier, Georgetown, S.
c.; III. c. Butler, Edgefeld, S. C.;Jas.
D. Blanding, Sumter, S. c.; Henry
K. Baker, Springfield, Mass; j. T.
Wilder, Chattanooga, Ten.; P. P.
Dickinson, New York city; Peter j.
Sinclair, Marion, N. c.; H. D. Lee.
Shelby, N. c.; W. L. Roddey. Rock
Hill, S. c.; Damon N. Goats. New
York city; E. S. Brewer, Hartford,
Coma; VIM. F. Calender, Spring
field, Mass.
The foregoing directors are all re-
elected officers.
The directors subsequently met
and elected Col. Frank Coke presi-
dent for the next year.
Mr.. johnson was seen yesterday,
after the adjournment of the meeting,
and said that his mission here
is to get the people of Charleston in
terested enough in the enterprise to
cooperate with the company in the
building of an independent line of
railway from the Ohio Valley to
Charleston. By an "independent"
line be meant, he said, one that will
not depend for its connections with
this city on either the South Carolina
Railway or the Atlantic Coast Line.
Propositions. he said, had been made
to his company looking to the use by
his road of the Camden branch of
the South Carolina Railway, or the
Sumter.Lane's section of the Atlantic
Coast Line TO reach Charleston. 1t
was, however,he said, the policy of the
road at this time to come to Charles
ton on its own merits, though the
line would run from Camden to Sum-
ter, aud thence independently to
Charleston.
Mr.. johnson said that Of the forty
miles of the road between Camden
and Lancaster seven miles have been
laid with rails and that the remain
ing thirty-three miles had been laid
with crossties and were being com
pleted at the rate Of about one mile
per day. From Lancaster the grad
ing was finished to the Catawba Riv-
er and by the time the track reaches
the river the bridge over the Catawba
will have been built From the Ca
tawba River the road had been grad
ed through Rock Hill to Yorkville
with the exception of about two miles
within and around the town of York
Vile.